You Gotta Love Canadians

Just heard on the news that the province of Newfoundland has cancelled school today (Friday) so that the kids can stay home and watch their hometown boy (Brad Gushue) play for the Gold medal in his match with Finland. Oh - the sport - Curling of course! For you Americans out there - take pride in the Bronze medal your own Pete Fenson took home.

Despite what the incredibly dumb Bryant Gumbel said on national (HBO) television - see quote below - I must admit I enjoy the Winter Olympics more than the summer games - and it is not because of the lack of blacks competing. Rather, as a Canadian, it gives me a reason to stay inside where it is warm instead of being out there freezing my arse off shovelling snow.

"Finally, tonight, the Winter Games. Count me among those who don't like them and won't watch them ... Because they're so trying, maybe over the next three weeks we should all try too. Like, try not to be incredulous when someone attempts to link these games to those of the ancient Greeks who never heard of skating or skiing. So try not to laugh when someone says these are the world's greatest athletes, despite a paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention. Try not to point out that something's not really a sport if a pseudo-athlete waits in what's called a kiss-and-cry area, while some panel of subjective judges decides who won ... So if only to hasten the arrival of the day they're done, when we can move on to March Madness— - for God's sake, let the games begin."